Nasdaq Performance Report

NASDAQ's competitive electronic market structure is designed to provide a fair, fast, efficient and low cost marketplace for companies and investors. The information provided here is a snapshot of key performance benchmarks, which underscore NASDAQ's superior market quality. This data will be updated periodically.

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Market Share

NASDAQ is the primary market for trading NASDAQ listed stocks.

May 2004 (as of May 28, 2004)

Number of Trading Days 20

Share Volume, Trade Volume, and Dollar Volume

Market Center	Share Volume (in billions)	% of Shares	Trade Volume (in millions)	% 0f Trades	Dollar Volume $ (in billions)	% of Dollars
NASDAQ	15.5	46.7	24.1	32.5	286.0	44.3
ADFN	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.1
AMEX	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
ARCX	6.4	19.2	19.4	26.1	134.9	20.9
BOSX	2.8	8.4	8.0	10.8	54.9	8.5
CINN	8.4	25.3	22.6	30.4	165.5	25.6
MWSE	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.2	3.0	0.5
TOTAL	33.3	100.0	74.2	100.0	645.3	100.0

NASDAQ Listings

With approximately 3,300 companies, NASDAQ is home to category-defining companies that are leaders across all areas of business including technology, retail, communications, financial services, transportation, media and biotechnology industries.

NASDAQ Market Classification	Issuers	New Issuers	Regulatory Delistings
National Market	2,651	16	2
SmallCap Market	648	1	6
TOTAL	3,299	17	8